PDA News

And the Winners Are!

by
Rebecca Stauffer, PDA | May 30, 2017

PDA members whose contributions have helped the Association
fulfill its mission are recognized each year at the PDA Awards
Dinner, held during the Annual Meeting. PDA congratulates and
thanks each winner for their service to the Association.

Honorary Membership

This is PDA’s most prestigious award, conferring lifetime
membership benefits to the recipient. The award has traditionally
been given in recognition of long service significant in nature to
PDA and requires unanimous approval from the Board of Directors.

Georg Roessling, PhD

Gordon Personeus Award

Presented in memory of the late Gordon Personeus, past PDA
President and longtime volunteer, this award is intended to honor
a PDA member, other than a Board member, for long-term acts or
contributions that are of noteworthy or special importance to PDA.

Art Vellutato

Frederick J. Carleton Award

This award is presented as a tribute to lifetime contributor, past
President, past Executive Director, and Honorary Member Frederick
J. Carleton, and is designated for past or present Board members.

Junko Sasaki

Anders Vinther, PhD

Edward Smith Packaging Science Award

In honor of long-time volunteer Edward Smith, who led PDA’s
packaging science activities, this award is given in recognition of
extraordinary contributions to PDA and the packaging science.

Roger Asselta

Martin VanTrieste Pharmaceutical Science
Award

Established in honor of long-time contributor and Chair Martin
VanTrieste, this award is given annually for outstanding
contributions to the advancement of pharmaceutical science.

Kurt Brorson,PhD

Hannelore Wilkommen,

Distinguished Service Award

This award is given in recognition of special acts, contributions, or
services that have promoted the success and strength of PDA.

Ed Balkovic, PhD

Cylia Chen-Ooi

Ghada Haddad

Tsutomu Kamikukita, PhD

Morten Munk

PDA Europe Service Appreciation Award

This award is presented annually for special acts, contributions, or
services that have contributed to the success and strength of PDA’s
European activities.

Brigitte Reutter-Haerle

Service Appreciation Award

The Service Appreciation Award is presented annually for special
acts, contributions, or services.

Shannon Bellino

Gaetano Fiorentino

Beth Kirschenheiter

Melissa Morandi

Jonathan Morse

Susan Schniepp

John Shabushnig, PhD

David Spaulding

Brian Underhill

Michael VanDerWerf

Glenn Wright

James P. Agalloco Award

The James P. Agalloco Award is presented annually to the PDA
faculty member who exemplifies outstanding performance in
education. The award is named for James P. Agalloco, in honor of
his work in developing the PDA Education program.

John Ludwig, PhD

Michael S. Korczynski Award

An award established in recognition of contributions made toward
the development of PDA’s international activities by Michael S.
Korczynski, PhD.

Gabriele Gori

Frederick D. Simon Award

The Frederick D. Simon Award is presented annually for the best paper
published in the PDA Journal of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology.
This award is named in honor of the late Frederick D. Simon, a
former PDA Director of Scientific Affairs. This year’s award went to
six recipients for their article, “Semi-Quantitative Analysis of InherentVisible Particles for Biopharmaceutical Products,” which was published
in the March/April 2016 issue of the PDA Journal.